Phrase guide

good luck

intj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌɡʊd ˈlʌk/
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1

intj

Meaning 1

Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: God bless

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: best of luck, break a leg, come on, more power to your elbow, toi, toi, toi, God bless

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Desirable or beneficial fortune.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: good fortune, horseshoe up one's ass

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an unexpected piece of good luck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he finally got his big break

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break, happy chance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event

4

noun

Meaning 4

a stroke of luck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fluke, good fortune

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: luck, fortune

Narrower terms: serendipity

5

noun

Meaning 5

an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: good fortune, luckiness

Antonyms: bad luck

Broader terms: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion

Narrower terms: prosperity, successfulness, blessing, boon

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

187 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: voorspoed — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Afrikaans: sterkte — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Amharic: መልካም ዕድል! (mälkam ʿədl!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Western Apache: gozhǫǫ doleeł — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Arabic: بِالتَّوْفِيق! (bi-t-tawfīq!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Arabic: حَظًّا سَعِيدًا! (ḥaẓẓan saʕīdan!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Arabic: حَظّ سَعِيد! (ḥaẓẓ saʕīd!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Arabic: بِالنَّجَاح (bi-n-najāḥ) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Arabic: بالتوفيق (bittawfīg) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Arabic: بالتوفيق (bittawfīʔ) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Armenian: հաջողություն (haǰoġutʻyun) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Azerbaijani: yaxşı şanslar — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Azerbaijani: uğurlar! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Belarusian: ўда́чы! (wdáčy!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Bulgarian: на до́бър час! (na dóbǎr čas!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Bulgarian: успех! (uspeh!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Catalan: sort! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Catalan: bona sort! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Catalan: molta sort! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Chinese Cantonese: 祝你好運 /祝你好运 (zuk1 nei5 hou2 wan6) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Hakka Chinese: 祝你好運 /祝你好运 — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 祝你好運 /祝你好运 (zhù nǐ hǎoyùn) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加油 (jiāyóu) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾巴得 /干巴得 (gānbādei) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Wu Chinese: 祝儂好運 /祝侬好运 — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Cornish: chons da — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Czech: hodně štěstí! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Danish: held og lykke — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Dutch: veel geluk! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Dutch: (veel) succes! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Esperanto: bonan ŝancon! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Estonian: edu! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Faroese: góða eydnu — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Finnish: onnea! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Finnish: tsemppiä — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Finnish: lykkyä tykö — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Finnish: onnea matkaan — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • French: bonne chance — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • French: bon courage — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Galician: boa sorte! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Georgian: წარმატებებს გისურვებთ (c̣armaṭebebs gisurvebt) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Georgian: წარმატებებს გისურვებ (c̣armaṭebebs gisurveb) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • German: viel Glück! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • German: viel Erfolg! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Greek: καλή τύχη! (kalí týchi!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Greek: καλή επιτυχία (kalí epitychía) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Hebrew: בְּהַצְלָחָה (behatslakhá) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Hindi: शुभ कामना! (śubh kāmnā!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Hungarian: sok szerencsét! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Hungarian: sok sikert! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Icelandic: gangi þér vel! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Icelandic: gangi ykkur vel! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Indonesian: semoga beruntung — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Indonesian: semangat — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Irish: go n-éirí an t-ádh leat — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Irish: go n-éirí leat — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Irish: ádh mór ort — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Italian: buona fortuna — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Italian: in bocca al lupo — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Japanese: 頑張って! (ganbatte!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Japanese: がんばれ! (ganbare!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Japanese: 健闘を祈る (kentō o inoru) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Japanese: 幸運を (kōun o) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Japanese: 頑張ってください (ganbatte kudasai!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Jingpho: lam shagu awng dang u ga! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Jingpho: gam kaja u ga! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Kazakh: іске сәт (ıske sät) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Kazakh: сәттілік тілеймін (sättılık tıleimın) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Khmer: សំណាងល្អ (sɑmnaang lʾɑɑ) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Korean: 행운을 빕니다 (haeng'uneul bimnida) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Korean: 행운을 빌어요 (haeng'uneul bireoyo) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Korean: 행운을 빈다 (haeng'uneul binda) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Korean: 파이팅 (paiting) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Korean: 화이팅 (hwaiting) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Kyrgyz: ийгилик болсун (iygilik bolsun) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Ladino: mazal bueno! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Lao: ເຄາະດີ (khǫ dī) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Latin: feliciter — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Latvian: veiksmi! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Lithuanian: sėkmės! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Luxembourgish: vill Gléck — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Macedonian: со среќа! (so sreḱa!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Macedonian: среќно! (sreḱno!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Malay: semoga berjaya! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Maltese: ix-xorti t-tajba! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Manx: aigh vie — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Mongolian: аз сайн (az sajn) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Nepali: शुभ कामना (śubh kāmanā) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Norwegian: lykke til — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Ojibwe: besh naa geget — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Pannonian Rusyn: щешлїво (ščešljivo) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Persian: موفق باشید (movaffaq bâšid) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Persian: موفق باشی (movaffaq bâši) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Polish: powodzenia — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Portuguese: boa sorte! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Punjabi: ਭਾਗ ਚੰਗੇ ਹੋਣ (bhāg caṅge hoṇ) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Romanian: noroc! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Romanian: mult noroc! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Romanian: succes! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Romanian: bună șansă! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Russian: уда́чи! (udáči!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Russian: жела́ю уда́чи! (želáju udáči!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Russian: успе́ха! (uspéxa!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Sanskrit: शुभं भवतु (śubhaṃ bhavatu) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Scottish Gaelic: gur math a thèid leat — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Scottish Gaelic: gur math a thèid leibh — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Scottish Gaelic: gun tèid leat — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Serbo-Croatian: срећно! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Serbo-Croatian: сретно! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Serbo-Croatian: srećno! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Serbo-Croatian: sretno! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Slovak: veľa šťastia — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Slovene: sréčno! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Sotho: tsela tsweu — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Spanish: buena suerte — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Spanish: suerte — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Spanish: mucha suerte — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Swahili: kila la kheri — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Swedish: lycka till — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Tagalog: kaya mo 'yan! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Tagalog: galingan mo! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Thai: โชคดี (chôok-dii) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Thai: ขอให้โชคดี (kɔ̌ɔ-hâi chôok-dii) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Tibetan: བྱ་བ་ལམ་འགྲོ་ཡོང་བར་ཤོག (bya ba lam 'gro yong bar shog) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Turkish: iyi şanslar — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Ukrainian: уда́чі! (udáči!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Ukrainian: щасти́! (ščastý!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Ukrainian: хай щасти́ть! (xaj ščastýtʹ!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Ukrainian: неха́й щасти́ть! (nexáj ščastýtʹ!) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Urdu: شبھ کامنا — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Urdu: کامیاب رہیے (kāmyāb rahiye) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Uzbek: omad tilamoq — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Vietnamese: chúc may mắn! — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Welsh: pob lwc — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Yiddish: זאָל זײַן מיט מזל (zol zayn mit mazl) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Yiddish: זאָל זײַן מיט גליק (zol zayn mit glik) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Yiddish: מיטן רעכטן פֿוס (mitn rekhtn fus) — used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement
  • Armenian: հաջողություն (haǰoġutʻyun) — positive fortune
  • Aymara: sami — positive fortune
  • Azerbaijani: uğurlar — positive fortune
  • Chichewa: mwayi — positive fortune
  • Chinese Cantonese: 好彩 (hou2 coi2) — positive fortune
  • Chinese Mandarin: 好運 /好运 (hǎoyùn) — positive fortune
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幸運 /幸运 (xìngyùn) — positive fortune
  • Chinese Mandarin: 機緣 /机缘 (jīyuán) — positive fortune
  • Chinese Mandarin: 造化 (zàohua) — positive fortune
  • Chinese Mandarin: 福氣 /福气 (fúqì) — positive fortune
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運氣 /运气 (yùnqi) — positive fortune
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅運 /红运 (hóngyùn) — positive fortune
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大幸 (dàxìng) — positive fortune
  • Czech: štěstí — positive fortune
  • Danish: held — positive fortune
  • Finnish: hyvä onni — positive fortune
  • French: veine — positive fortune
  • French: bol — positive fortune
  • French: cul — positive fortune
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 (audagei) — positive fortune
  • Ancient Greek: εὐτυχία (eutukhía) — positive fortune
  • Hungarian: szerencse — positive fortune
  • Icelandic: gæfa — positive fortune
  • Ingrian: lykkähys — positive fortune
  • Irish: sonas — positive fortune
  • Italian: fortuna — positive fortune
  • Japanese: 好運 (kōun) — positive fortune
  • Latin: felicitas — positive fortune
  • Manx: sonnys — positive fortune
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thèu-āmēi — positive fortune
  • Polish: szczęście — positive fortune
  • Portuguese: sorte — positive fortune
  • Quechua: sami — positive fortune
  • Russian: уда́ча (udáča) — positive fortune
  • Russian: везе́ние (vezénije) — positive fortune
  • Scottish Gaelic: sonas — positive fortune
  • Sikkimese: བཀྲ་ཤིས (bkra shis) — positive fortune
  • Spanish: suerte — positive fortune
  • Spanish: baraka — positive fortune
  • Spanish: buenaventura — positive fortune
  • Spanish: chepa — positive fortune
  • Spanish: [a la] champa — positive fortune
  • Telugu: సౌభాగ్యము (saubhāgyamu) — positive fortune
  • Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས (bkra shis) — positive fortune
  • Tocharian B: sakw — positive fortune
  • Turkish: iyi şans — positive fortune
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغور (uğur) — positive fortune
  • Ottoman Turkish: بخت (baht) — positive fortune
  • Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎑𐎚 (ḥẓt) — positive fortune
  • Volapük: benofät — positive fortune